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InnovationForce Named Top AI Powered Innovation Platform of 2025 by Energy Tech Review


Company Releases New AI-Powered Venture Studio Builder Feature to Help Organizations Self-Manage their Innovation More Effectively

Raleigh, N.C. and Boston, M.A. – November 19, 2025 – DTECH NE Conference — InnovationForce, the leader in democratizing and scaling innovation with AI, announced today that InnovationWorks has been named the Top AI-Powered Innovation Management Platform of 2025 by Energy Tech Review.


This recognition celebrates InnovationForce’s track record of building powerful, innovation-centric AI tools that have created one of the largest virtual marketplaces to solve grid modernization challenges. Utilities using InnovationWorks are making decisions up to 85% faster and reducing piloting timelines by up to 65% and saving millions in time, effort, and operational costs.


“We are so thrilled to see InnovationForce receive this recognition by Energy Tech Review. We have been thoroughly impressed with the platform’s AI capabilities,” said Dr. Elizabeth Cook, Vice President, Technical Strategy at the Association for Edison Illuminating Companies. “InnovationForce doesn’t just surface ideas—it shows what’s real. The AI helps us validate what matters across utilities, align operations priorities around it, and move faster toward driving meaningful outcomes.”


“We didn’t just build a better tool; we built the AI that created a marketplace for the energy industry to scale and promote cross-industry collaboration for grid modernization affordability,” said Kim Getgen, Founder and CEO of InnovationForce. “Now we’re putting that AI into the hands of anyone ready to lead across any industry, as a new feature we are calling a Venture Studio Builder.  Now anyone can use our proven approach to build their own innovation ecosystems with a no-risk, high-reward path to results.”


"For decades, my research has shown that the most successful organizations don’t outsource innovation—they create the conditions for it to thrive by fostering collaboration that harnesses the collective genius of their people," said Linda Hill, HBS professor and co-founder of InnovationForce. "Yet, most organizations struggle to scale innovation because they lack the right tools. InnovationForce fills this gap with AI that keeps organizations aligned with their innovators, empowers them to act, and drives lasting business transformation."


Introducing the AI Venture Studio Builder: From Marketplaces to Portfolio Management

Now, the same AI that built the world’s largest energy innovation marketplace — with over 12,000 structured challenges and matched industry solutions — is available as an AI-Powered Venture Studio Builder.


The new feature is available to InnovationWorks paid subscribers who want to create private innovation engines for:

  • Corporate venture programs

  • Partner marketplaces

  • Industry events or associations seeking to build “community-as-a-service” solutions


The AI Venture Studio Builder enables organizations:

  • Simplify Challenge Generation — Use AI to extract innovation needs from filings, transcripts, and field reports.

  • Rapidly Curate Solution Portfolios — Surface high-potential, validated solution sets.

  • Access Private Matching — Match your problems to public solutions—without public exposure.

  • Collaborate across Silos and Teams — Invite peers or cross-functional teams into your workspace

  • “Pitch to Pilot” Workflow — drive better decisions on what to pilot and get through the actual piloting phase faster 


Built with enterprise-grade security, InnovationWorks is SOC 2-compliant and supports secure collaboration across distributed ecosystems.


DTECH NE Presentation: “How AI is Helping Innovation Leaders”

CEO and Founder of InnovationForce Kim Getgen will be speaking with Portland General Electric, on “How AI Helping Innovation Leaders Drive Grid Modernization” at 2:45 on November 19, 2025, at the Boston Westin Seaport hotel.


To learn more about the award, visit https://www.energytechreview.com/innovationforce


About InnovationForce

InnovationForce democratizes innovation with an AI-powered platform that fosters collaboration and accelerates time-to-decision. Everyone innovates faster — from solo innovators and teams to global enterprises — anyone can collaborate to turn ideas into impactful, production-ready solutions that transform industries and drive growth. In 2024, we were named a Top 10 "Most Innovative Workplace” solution by Fast Company and “Best in Business” by Inc. Learn more at www.innovationforce.io.

 
 
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